Excerpt from Universal World History, Vol. 8: Written by One Hundred Fifty of the Foremost Living Authorities in All Branches of Historical Knowledge; Pages 2167-2476, the Primacy of France, 1660-1815 Chronicles I-v, chapters 1-36, corr. 1927, 1928 BY the amalgamated press chronicles VI-XXXIV, corr. 1935 BY wm. H. Wise e co. Chapters 37-174 corr. 1937, chronicle xxxv, corr. 1939 BY wm. H. Wise co. Chronicle xxxv, _ chapter 174 corr. 1939 BY wm. H. Wise co. Printed IN the united states OF america. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.